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VMSA-2010-0004 ESX Service Console and vMA third party updates
From: VMware Security Team <security () vmware com>
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:47:03 -0800
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VMware Security Advisory
Advisory ID: VMSA-2010-0004
Synopsis: ESX Service Console and vMA third party updates
Issue date: 2010-03-03
Updated on: 2010-03-03 (initial release of advisory)
CVE numbers: CVE-2009-2905 CVE-2008-4552 CVE-2008-4316
CVE-2009-1377 CVE-2009-1378 CVE-2009-1379
CVE-2009-1386 CVE-2009-1387 CVE-2009-0590
CVE-2009-4022 CVE-2009-3560 CVE-2009-3720
CVE-2009-2904 CVE-2009-3563 CVE-2009-2695
CVE-2009-2849 CVE-2009-2695 CVE-2009-2908
CVE-2009-3228 CVE-2009-3286 CVE-2009-3547
CVE-2009-3613 CVE-2009-3612 CVE-2009-3620
CVE-2009-3621 CVE-2009-3726 CVE-2008-3916
CVE-2009-1189 CVE-2009-0115
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1. Summary
ESX Service Console updates for newt, nfs-utils, and glib2 packages.
vMA updates for newt, nfs-util, glib2, kpartx, libvolume-id,
device-mapper-multipath, fipscheck, dbus, dbus-libs, ed, openssl,
bind, expat, openssh, ntp and kernel packages.
2. Relevant releases
VMware ESX 4.0.0 without patch ESX400-201002404-SG, ESX400-201002407-SG,
ESX400-201002406-SG
VMware vMA 4.0 before patch 3
3. Problem Description
a. vMA and Service Console update for newt to 0.52.2-12.el5_4.1
Newt is a programming library for color text mode, widget based
user interfaces. Newt can be used to add stacked windows, entry
widgets, checkboxes, radio buttons, labels, plain text fields,
scrollbars, etc., to text mode user interfaces.
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way newt
processes content that is to be displayed in a text dialog box.
A local attacker could issue a specially-crafted text dialog box
display request (direct or via a custom application), leading to a
denial of service (application crash) or, potentially, arbitrary
code execution with the privileges of the user running the
application using the newt library.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2009-2905 to this issue.
The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability
(column 4) if a solution is available.
VMware Product Running Replace with/
Product Version on Apply Patch
============= ======== ======= =================
VirtualCenter any Windows not affected
hosted * any any not affected
ESXi any ESXi not affected
ESX 4.0 ESX ESX400-201002406-SG
ESX 3.5 ESX not affected
ESX 3.0.3 ESX not affected
ESX 2.5.5 ESX not affected
vMA 4.0 RHEL5 Patch 3
* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion.
b. vMA and Service Console update for vMA package nfs-utils to
1.0.9-42.el5
The nfs-utils package provides a daemon for the kernel NFS server
and related tools.
It was discovered that nfs-utils did not use tcp_wrappers
correctly. Certain hosts access rules defined in "/etc/hosts.allow"
and "/etc/hosts.deny" may not have been honored, possibly allowing
remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2008-4552 to this issue.
The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability
(column 4) if a solution is available.
VMware Product Running Replace with/
Product Version on Apply Patch
============= ======== ======= =================
VirtualCenter any Windows not affected
hosted * any any not affected
ESXi any ESXi not affected
ESX 4.0 ESX ESX400-201002407-SG
ESX 3.5 ESX not affected
ESX 3.0.3 ESX not affected
ESX 2.5.5 ESX not affected
vMA 4.0 RHEL5 Patch 3
* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion.
c. vMA and Service Console package glib2 updated to 2.12.3-4.el5_3.1
GLib is the low-level core library that forms the basis for projects
such
as GTK+ and GNOME. It provides data structure handling for C,
portability wrappers, and interfaces for such runtime functionality
as an event loop, threads, dynamic loading, and an object system.
Multiple integer overflows in glib/gbase64.c in GLib before 2.20
allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a
long string that is converted either from or to a base64
representation.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2008-4316 to this issue.
The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability
(column 4) if a solution is available.
VMware Product Running Replace with/
Product Version on Apply Patch
============= ======== ======= =================
VirtualCenter any Windows not affected
hosted * any any not affected
ESXi any ESXi not affected
ESX 4.0 ESX ESX400-201002404-SG
ESX 3.5 ESX not affected
ESX 3.0.3 ESX not affected
ESX 2.5.5 ESX not affected
vMA 4.0 RHEL5 Patch 3
* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion.
d. vMA and Service Console update for openssl to 0.9.8e-12.el5
SSL is a toolkit implementing SSL v2/v3 and TLS protocols with full-
strength cryptography world-wide.
Multiple denial of service flaws were discovered in OpenSSL's DTLS
implementation. A remote attacker could use these flaws to cause a
DTLS server to use excessive amounts of memory, or crash on an
invalid memory access or NULL pointer dereference.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the names CVE-2009-1377, CVE-2009-1378,
CVE-2009-1379, CVE-2009-1386, CVE-2009-1387 to these issues.
An input validation flaw was found in the handling of the BMPString
and UniversalString ASN1 string types in OpenSSL's
ASN1_STRING_print_ex() function. An attacker could use this flaw to
create a specially-crafted X.509 certificate that could cause
applications using the affected function to crash when printing
certificate contents.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2009-0590 to this issue.
The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability
(column 4) if a solution is available.
VMware Product Running Replace with/
Product Version on Apply Patch
============= ======== ======= =================
VirtualCenter any Windows not affected
hosted * any any not affected
ESXi any ESXi not affected
ESX 4.0 ESX affected, patch pending
ESX 3.5 ESX not affected
ESX 3.0.3 ESX not affected
ESX 2.5.5 ESX not affected
vMA 4.0 RHEL5 Patch 3
* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion.
e. vMA and Service Console package bind updated to 9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.1
It was discovered that BIND was incorrectly caching responses
without performing proper DNSSEC validation, when those responses
were received during the resolution of a recursive client query
that requested DNSSEC records but indicated that checking should be
disabled. A remote attacker could use this flaw to bypass the DNSSEC
validation check and perform a cache poisoning attack if the target
BIND server was receiving such client queries.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2009-4022 to this issue.
The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability
(column 4) if a solution is available.
VMware Product Running Replace with/
Product Version on Apply Patch
============= ======== ======= =================
VirtualCenter any Windows not affected
hosted * any any not affected
ESXi any ESXi not applicable
ESX 4.0 ESX affected, patch pending
ESX 3.5 ESX not affected
ESX 3.0.3 ESX not affected
ESX 2.5.5 ESX not affected
vMA 4.0 RHEL5 Patch 3
* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion.
f. vMA and Service Console package expat updated to 1.95.8-8.3.el5_4.2.
Two buffer over-read flaws were found in the way Expat handled
malformed UTF-8 sequences when processing XML files. A specially-
crafted XML file could cause applications using Expat to fail while
parsing the file.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the names CVE-2009-3560 and CVE-2009-3720 to these
issues.
The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability
(column 4) if a solution is available.
VMware Product Running Replace with/
Product Version on Apply Patch
============= ======== ======= =================
VirtualCenter any Windows not affected
hosted * any any not affected
ESXi any ESXi not applicable
ESX 4.0 ESX affected, patch pending
ESX 3.5 ESX affected, patch pending
ESX 3.0.3 ESX affected, patch pending
ESX 2.5.5 ESX affected, patch pending
vMA 4.0 RHEL5 Patch 3
* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion.
g. vMA and Service Console package openssh update to 4.3p2-36.el5_4.2
A Red Hat specific patch used in the openssh packages as shipped in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 (RHSA-2009:1287) loosened certain
ownership requirements for directories used as arguments for the
ChrootDirectory configuration options. A malicious user that also
has or previously had non-chroot shell access to a system could
possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges and run
commands as any system user.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2009-2904 to this issue.
The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability
(column 4) if a solution is available.
VMware Product Running Replace with/
Product Version on Apply Patch
============= ======== ======= =================
VirtualCenter any Windows not affected
hosted * any any not affected
ESXi any ESXi not applicable
ESX 4.0 ESX affected, patch pending
ESX 3.5 ESX not affected
ESX 3.0.3 ESX not affected
ESX 2.5.5 ESX not affected
vMA 4.0 RHEL5 Patch 3
* hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion.
h. vMA and Service Console package ntp updated to
ntp-4.2.2p1-9.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
A flaw was discovered in the way ntpd handled certain malformed NTP
packets. ntpd logged information about all such packets and replied
with an NTP packet that was treated as malformed when received by
another ntpd. A remote attacker could use this flaw to create an NTP
packet reply loop between two ntpd servers through a malformed packet
with a spoofed source IP address and port, causing ntpd on those
servers to use excessive amounts of CPU time and fill disk space with
log messages.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2009-3563 to this issue.
The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability (column 4) if a solution is available. VMware Product Running Replace with/ Product Version on Apply Patch ============= ======== ======= ================= VirtualCenter any Windows not affected hosted * any any not affected ESXi any ESXi not applicable ESX 4.0 ESX affected, patch pending ESX 3.5 ESX affected, patch pending ESX 3.0.3 ESX affected, patch pending ESX 2.5.5 ESX affected, patch pending vMA 4.0 RHEL5 Patch 3 * hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion. i. vMA update for package kernel to 2.6.18-164.9.1.el5 Updated vMA package kernel addresses the security issues listed below. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2009-2849 to the security issue fixed in kernel 2.6.18-128.2.1 The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2009-2695, CVE-2009-2908, CVE-2009-3228, CVE-2009-3286, CVE-2009-3547, CVE-2009-3613 to the security issues fixed in kernel 2.6.18-128.6.1 The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2009-3612, CVE-2009-3620, CVE-2009-3621, CVE-2009-3726 to the security issues fixed in kernel 2.6.18-128.9.1 The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability (column 4) if a solution is available. VMware Product Running Replace with/ Product Version on Apply Patch ============= ======== ======= ================= VirtualCenter any Windows not affected hosted * any any not affected ESXi any ESXi not affected ESX 4.0 ESX affected, patch pending ESX 3.5 ESX not affected ESX 3.0.3 ESX not affected ESX 2.5.5 ESX not affected vMA 4.0 RHEL5 Patch 3 ** * hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Fusion. ** vMA is updated to kernel version 2.6.18-164.9.1 j. vMA 4.0 updates for the packages kpartx, libvolume-id, device-mapper-multipath, fipscheck, dbus, dbus-libs, and ed kpartx updated to 0.4.7-23.el5_3.4, libvolume-id updated to 095-14.20.el5 device-mapper-multipath package updated to 0.4.7-23.el5_3.4, fipscheck updated to 1.0.3-1.el5, dbus updated to 1.1.2-12.el5, dbus-libs updated to 1.1.2-12.el5, and ed package updated to 0.2-39.el5_2. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2008-3916, CVE-2009-1189 and CVE-2009-0115 to these issues. The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability (column 4) if a solution is available. VMware Product Running Replace with/ Product Version on Apply Patch ============= ======== ======= ================= VirtualCenter any Windows not affected hosted * any any not affected ESXi any ESXi not affected ESX 4.0 ESX not affected ESX 3.5 ESX not affected ESX 3.0.3 ESX not affected ESX 3.0.2 ESX not affected ESX 2.5.5 ESX not affected vMA 4.0 RHEL5 Patch 3 * hosted products are VMware Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion. 4. Solution Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the md5sum of your downloaded file. ESX 4.0 ------- https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/OFFLINE/release-192-20100228-732 240/ESX400-201002001.zip md5sum: de62cbccaffa4b2b6831617f18c1ccb4 sha1sum: 4083f191fa4acd6600c9a87e4852f9f5700e91ab http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1018403 Note: ESX400-201002001 contains the following security bulletins ESX400-201002404-SG, ESX400-201002407-SG, and ESX400-201002406-SG. To install an individual bulletin use esxupdate with the -b option. esxupdate --bundle ESX400-201002001.zip -b ESX400-201002404-SG \ -b ESX400-201002407-SG -b ESX400-201002406-SG update vMA 4.0 ------- To update VIMA 1 Log in to VIMA as vi-admin. 2 type 'sudo /usr/sbin/vima-update update' this will apply all currently available updates. See http://tinyurl.com/yfekgrx for more information. 5. References CVE numbers http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2905 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4552 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4316 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1377 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1378http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1379 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1386
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1387 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0590 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4022 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3560 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3720 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2904 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3563 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2695 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2849 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2695 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2908 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3228 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3286 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3547 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3613 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3612 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3620 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3621 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3726 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3916 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1189 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0115 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Change log 2010-03-03 VMSA-2010-0004 Initial security advisory after release of bulletins for ESX 4.0 on 2010-03-03 and release of vMA Patch 3 on 2010-02-25. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Contact E-mail list for product security notifications and announcements: http://lists.vmware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/security-announce This Security Advisory is posted to the following lists: * security-announce at lists.vmware.com * bugtraq at securityfocus.com * full-disclosure at lists.grok.org.uk E-mail: security at vmware.com PGP key at: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1055 VMware Security Center http://www.vmware.com/security VMware security response policy http://www.vmware.com/support/policies/security_response.html General support life cycle policy http://www.vmware.com/support/policies/eos.html VMware Infrastructure support life cycle policy http://www.vmware.com/support/policies/eos_vi.html Copyright 2010 VMware Inc. All rights reserved. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.8.3 (Build 4028) Charset: utf-8 wj8DBQFLj1c6S2KysvBH1xkRAnl5AJ9RcHVB7qooSwOPFdVoDFTjohDypgCfZ44O 2z0ICIcntM88ZONMfDNUM6Y= =14fN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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